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revenuen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French revenu; French revenue. Etymology: Partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French revenu (masculine; French revenu ) income from a property or post (1360; 1482 with reference specifically to royal resources; c1590 in revenu publique , frequently in plural; 1608 in figurative use), and partly < Anglo-Norman and Middle French revenue (feminine) income from a property or post (1283 in Old French, frequently in plural; 12th cent. in sense ‘return to a place’), uses as noun of the masculine and feminine of the past participle of revenir to return < re- re- prefix + venir to come (see venue n.). In Anglo-Norman the gender of both forms appears to have been variable.Pronunciation with the main stress on the second syllable appears to have been usual until the late 18th cent., and remained common in legal and parliamentary usage until the late 19th cent. Compare the following contemporary comments:a1774 Ld. Holland in S. Lennox Life & Lett. (1901) I. 14 He [sc. the king] laid the accent on the first syllable of állys and révenues, which is after the Scotch pronunciation.1828 Walker Crit. Pronouncing Dict. (at cited word) This word seems as nearly balanced between the accent on the first and second syllable as possible.1840 B. H. Smart Walker's Crit. Pronouncing Dict. (at cited word) Re-ven′-ue is an etymological pronunciation, but extensive custom does not sanction it.1860 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 589 Revenue—which, by the way, every parliamentary speaker insists upon pronouncing ‘revénnue’. I. Senses relating to income. 1. The return, yield, or profit of any land, property, or other important source of income. Also figurative. Now chiefly historical. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] 1427–8 (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1427 §13. m. 9 Þat þe collectours of þe goode and revenue of þe saide grauntes, be resonably rewarded. 1565 T. Cooper at Abeo Whervpon is the reuenew of my fermes spente or wasted? 1597 W. Shakespeare i. iv. 45 We are inforst to farm our royall Realme, The reuenew whereof shall furnish vs, For our affaires in hand. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta iii. xvi. 172 The revenue of this Lake is worth three hundred thousand duckets a yeere. 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxviii. 165 If a man banished, be neverthelesse permitted to enjoy..the Revenue of his Lands, the meer change of ayr is no Punishment. 1751 Memorial St Lucia in (1756) 57 One Moiety of the Revenue of the Carribbee Islands was granted to Lord Willoughby. 1765 T. Smollett (1766) II. 198 [The French King] has the revenue of the farms. 1820 Sept. 117/2 He gave up his patrimonial possessions to his relations, and divided the revenue of his bishoprick of Milan into three parts. 1853 D. W. Bartlett vi. 128 He was deprived of all his offices, of all personal property, and of two thousand pounds a year from the revenue of his lands. 1958 G. B. Sansom xv. 333 There was little left to him but the revenue of his estates and those of his family and his favourites. 1994 P. M. K. Bamzai vi. 197 The income of a Damara did not depend entirely on the revenue of his agricultural estate. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] 1440 in (2007) 1440/8/5 Al the froytis and revenowes belangand half the erldome of Marr..sal remayne withe the said lord on to the ische of the said terme. 1490 W. Caxton tr. xxi. sig. Fiij I shalle make the myn heyre, to..receyue, after my deth, þe re [ue] nues of all my londe. c1515 in T. Stapleton (1839) 214 The Kinge..hath granted it [sc. the lordship of Harwood] to me, with all the revenos & profitts thereof. 1546 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith (1870) 196 How the Revenuez and proffuytes of the possessiones of the same ben vsed. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in 124 Which thing if you doe (as I heare) the reuenues of your vertues wilbe inualuable. 1613 S. Purchas i. ii. 5 Neither do I know any thing wherein a man may more improue the reuenues of his learning. 1641 J. Milton 34 What are they but the black revennues of Purgatorie, the price of abused, and murder'd soules. 1654 R. Whitlock 404 His fifty Millions a yeare, standing Revenewes of his Crown Land. 1759 D. Hume I. 97 He got possession, at very low leases, of the revenues of Bath, Worcester and Hereford. 1784 A. Smith (ed. 3) III. v. iii. 136 The revenues of a rich and extensive territory, amounting..to upwards of three millions a-year. 1843 Jan. 19 These Grecian temples were supported out of the revenues of lands, and by public and private donations. 1865 L. C. Smith tr. A. R. Vinet iii. iii. 492 How comes it that you believe, and that as yet you have only the expenses, and not the revenues of your faith? 1910 I. 973/2 He declined the two bishoprics of Ely and Salisbury, as the offers were coupled with a proposal to alienate part of the revenues of those sees. 1994 W. G. Naphy i. 35 Berne was allowed to retain the revenues of the ecclesiastical lands it had actually occupied. 2. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] 1433 (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §24. m. 11 Also þat hit be ordeined..that no yift ne graunte of lyfelod, revenue or good, balangyng to youre hienesse..be appointed..by youre counseill, [etc.]. 1535 in (2007) 1535/31 Landit men of smallar rent and revenew big pelis and gret strenthis..for saifing of thare selfis [etc.]. 1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus iii. 140 Amongst his other livings, he gathereth out of a certaine mountaine seuen thousand duckats of yeerely reuenue. 1609 W. Shakespeare ii. iii. 28 The common curse of mankinde, Folly and Ignorance, be thine in great reuenew. a1699 W. Temple Ess. Pop. Discontents in (1701) 70 Many Offices in State are of so small Revenue as not to furnish a Man with what is Sufficient for the Support of his Life. 1765 W. Blackstone I. viii. 319 A twelfth branch of royal revenue. 1776 A. Smith I. i. vi. 63 Wages, profit, and rent, are the three original sources of all revenue . View more context for this quotation 1845 J. R. McCulloch i. i. 42 It is not from capital, therefore, but from revenue, that all permanent taxes should be derived. 1878 R. Simpson I. 28 The sale of heiresses was a common source of revenue to courtiers in those days. 1913 22 Feb. 6/2 With slightly smaller opportunities in the way of possible concert revenue, he gradually loses heart. 1970 C. Hanly et al. i. 11 Student fees were a fluctuating but always important source of revenue. 2009 3 Feb. b4/2 Authors will be paid an estimated 25% of net revenue, about what they receive on e-book sales. a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. (Bodl. 943) (1999) 218 Thi rentis and thi reuenues. ?1483 W. Caxton tr. iii. sig. giiij Thou oughtest..to holde thyn estate after thy rente and reuenue. 1580 in D. Masson (1880) 1st Ser. III. 294 His majesteis yeirlie revenew and patrimony of his croun. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. vii. 148 If..my path were euen to the crown, As my ripe reuenew and dew by birth. 1634 T. Heywood i. i. sig. B4 Much of his owne reuenue He hath expended, all to pay his Souldiers. a1687 W. Petty (1690) 100 I might add that his Majesties Revenue is near tripled. 1728 E. Young (ed. 2) i. 21 When men grow great from their revenue spent, And fly from bailiffs into parliament. 1776 A. Smith I. i. vii. 67 His profit, besides, is his revenue, the proper fund of his subsistence. View more context for this quotation 1815 M. Elphinstone iii. ii. 378 His authority is loosely exercised, and he seems quite indifferent to every thing but his revenue. 1819 P. B. Shelley i. i. 4 The deeds which are the stewards Of their revenue. 1883 J. A. Froude 4th Ser. i. iii. 37 Appeals to Rome were the most lucrative source of the pope's revenue. 1910 I. 443/1 A large part of his revenue is derived from tribute exacted from the salt caravans. 1961 9 Jan. 61/1 I know of one operator who is increasing his revenue with kiddie records. 1995 12 Jan. 2/3 Unscrupulous advisers..maximising their revenue by delaying or over-specifying projects. 1550 T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides iii. vi. f. lxxx We shalbe in daunger to lose, in all the cyties, that we haue, bothe the reuenue, and also the parsonnes. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo (1586) ii. f. 54 That answere gaue me occasion, to attribute to the eares, the reuenew [Fr. le reuenu], and to the tongue, the expense. 1614 W. Raleigh i. ii. vii. §3. 345 To whom a third of the reuenew was giuen in recompence. 1702 C. Beaumont (new ed.) vii. ccxxxix. 102 Nor shall the arts Of rude and peevish Heresy suppress That Worship which the due Revenue is. 1711 J. Swift Var. Thoughts in 237 'Tis like Spending this Year, part of the next Years Revenue. 1776 A. Smith I. i. vi. 63 The revenue derived from labour is called wages. That derived from stock..is called profit. View more context for this quotation 1829 T. Moore Periwinkles & Locusts in 395/1 Every year, the Revenue From their Periwinkles larger grew. a1862 H. T. Buckle (1869) III. ii. 101 The clergy knew full well, that if they established their power the revenue would quickly follow. 1925 22 Nov. 8/2 If the Government were to replace spark by continuous wave the loss on old apparatus could be set aside by the revenue from wireless licences. 1965 E. Parker (1966) i. 21 Leaving Madame Hodent, who was pregnant, with only the revenue from a small flock of sheep. 1994 25 Nov. 29/2 Railtrack cannot pick its tenants, since much of the revenue comes from 25 train operating companies. 1433 Petition in (1767–77) IV. 478/1 (MED) The seid Bailliffs..shall yeve good accounte..of all maner rentez, revenuz, and other profites..to the seid Auditours. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville (Caxton) iv. xxxiii. f. lxxxj His rentes and his reuenues..and suche other auauntages. a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) II. f. vii He..caused the partyes to be contented with such reuenuse & profytes as they had resayued. 1546 sig. a.ii–iiv The yerely reuenewse and possessions of thys your hyghnes royalme. 1591 E. Spenser Teares of Muses in 469 Their great revenues all in sumptuous pride They spend. 1609 W. Shakespeare cxlii. sig. I2v Those lips of thine, That haue..Robd others beds reuenues of their rents. 1627 G. Hakewill iv. v. 331 A man of great revenewes. 1687 J. Dryden iii. 82 They gape at rich revenues which you hold. 1704 R. Nelson ii. iii. 377 They took Care of the Churches Revenues. 1779 J. Moore (1789) II. lxxii. 204 The revenues of this monarch are much greater than is generally imagined. 1852 J. R. McCulloch (ed. 2) Introd. 17 The burden of taxation should be made to press on individuals in proportion to their respective revenues. 1872 J. Yeats 172 The earls of Cornwall derived a considerable part of their revenues from the produce of the tin-mines. 1910 I. 25/1 The revenues of the community were handed over to a lay lord, in return for his protection. 1939 D. Black ii. viii. 91 The proceeds of the South African tax on gold mining..constitute a considerable portion of the revenues of the Union. 1990 J. Sutherland vi. 66 The terrible agricultural depression of the late 1870s bit into the revenues of the colleges, most of which came from rents. 4. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > source of a1439 J. Lydgate (Bodl. 263) v. 1857 (MED) Rekne in Asie the gret pocessiouns With reuenus verray innumerable. 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero vi. sig. E.i Men do not perceiue and vnderstand what a gret reuenue and rent, moderate expences and parsimonie is. 1589 in J. D. Marwick (1870) I. 303 Thatt the saidis commoun revenues befoir the setting thairof be rowpitt thre seuerall dayis. 1614 W. Raleigh i. ii. xvii. §9. 492 Though parsimonie be it selfe a great reuenue, yet [etc.]. 1626 Galway Arch. in (1885) App. v. 473 The grace of God is the best revennewe of this towne, and his blessings our greatest rentes. 1692 R. L'Estrange ccxlvii If the Woman could have been Contented with Golden Eggs, she might have kept That Revenue on still. 1714 221 Anciently the Queens had a Revenue called Aurum Regina, that is, the Queens Gold. 1797 XVI. 145/2 Another maritime revenue..is that of shipwrecks. 1837 J. R. McCulloch II. v. ii. 509 The capacity of a tax on a commodity to raise a revenue. 1879 IX. 175/1 This form of conveyance also supplied a revenue to the crown. 1885 W. D. Chester 98 Revenues are let to those who will bid for them. 1910 I. 242/2 Entitled to present a clerk of their own choice to the bishop, who was invested with the revenues derived from such contribution. 2008 S. A. Rahman et al. in D. J. Snelder & R. D. Lasco iii. xi. 235 Felling of 6,676ha of such plantations in 2002/2003 brought a revenue of US$8,363,000. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ded. S. Paul..esteemed it his honour to preach to them without a revenue. 1709 R. Steele No. 101. ⁋4 After having laid out a Princely Revenue in Works of Charity and Beneficence. 1779 S. Johnson Dryden in III. 18 A revenue in those days not inadequate to the conveniencies of life. 1849 T. B. Macaulay I. iii. 309 A thousand a year was thought a large revenue for a barrister. 1876 L. Stephen II. 313 Here then in Turgot's language was a ‘disposable’ revenue, a fund differing in kind from the wealth of other classes. 1932 W. Faulkner iii. 53 He continued to send them half of a revenue which in its entirety would little more than have kept him. 5. society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > income of a nation or state 1559 W. Baldwin et al. f. x v Once at wyndsore I brought to his presence, The Mayor of London with all his retinue, To are a reckening of the Realmes reuenue. 1591 G. B. A. F. tr. xliii. 67 There was a president who was verie curious to count al the reuenue of the kingdome of France. 1611 J. Speed viii. iii. 392/1 A Crosse, worth asmuch as the whole reuenew of England amounted to in one yeare. 1690 J. Locke 26 The Revenue now in time of Peace, will yield above all charges 1500000 l. per An. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke (ed. 2) 17 They broke the Army, stinted the Revenue, and threw their Master on the Affections of his People. 1797 in J. B. Norton (1858) 202 Revenue, having reached its lowest point of depression, will, after next year, begin to rise regularly and uniformly. 1848 H. H. Wilson III. vi. 263 Other changes were made..in the constitution of the Commissioners of revenue and circuit. 1880 11 Dec. How to recoup the loss occasioned to the State revenue by the abolition of the salt tax. 1901 1 369 Obtaining this revenue in such a manner as will conduce towards the..extension of national industries. 1940 20 Jan. 88/1 Optimistic assumptions of the effect that the attainment of ‘full employment’ will have on the revenue. 1996 W. Hutton (rev. ed.) vii. 182 The famous Laffer curve predicted that tax cuts would raise revenue. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [noun] > department which collects national taxes 1657 J. Davies tr. V. de Voiture ii. cxcviii. 80 There want not Clarks that belong to the Revenue, who, say they are no better treated then other. 1688 J. Dryden tr. D. Bouhours iv. 370 The Governours, the Treasurers, the Receivers, and other Officers belonging to the Revenue. 1700 L. Maidwell in C. R. L. Fletcher (1885) I. 312 All forms or papers with blancs to be used in any branch of his majesties revenue. 1708 J. Swift Elegy on Partridge in (1751) IV. 199 I had some sort of knowledge of him when I was employ'd in the Revenue. 1780 A. Smith 3 Jan. (1977) 246 The sole effect of a prohibition is to hinder the revenue from profiting by the importation. 1828 C. Lamb Old Margate Hoy in 2nd Ser. 38 He robs nothing but the revenue,—an abstraction I never greatly cared about. 1871 C. Davies iii. 125 But this calculation could not long suit the revenue. 1879 IX. 175/1 The exchequer hunted up and punished offences against the revenue, and through both agencies assisted the revenue. 1901 Jan. 46/2 They quite mastered the art of going, as we say, ‘one better’ than the officers of the revenue. 1972 5 Oct. 420/2 If the Revenue thought it necessary to obtain certain particulars for the specified purposes, Parliament intended them to be able to obtain that information. 1995 Nov. 132/3 The Revenue agreed to reduce its demands to the equitable liability. society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector 1880 1 June 12/2 Berong's daughter, and intrepid mountain maid of 18 Summers, came in and quietly inquired, ‘Is them revynoos up on the mountain?’ 1901 25 613/1 Once the ‘revenues’ had dragged him from his lair,..and he had been sent to State's prison for two years. 1922 Jan. 117/1 Them darned revenoos sure must 'a' done it. They ons is always a-meddlin' we ons. 1931 F. L. Goodrich 45 When he's in jail he can't be killed or crippled in a fight with them revenues. †II. Senses relating to returning. society > travel > aspects of travel > return > [noun] a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 175 (MED) He atte no tyme couaunt wold breke: well know I, and Sertayne I haue of reuenine [read reuenue]. 1532 in H. Ellis (1824) 1st Ser. II. 24 We can do no lesse but now uppon the Kyngs revenue into his owne realme to gyve..thanks to Almightie God..for his prosperous..revenue. Compounds Chiefly sense 5. C1. a. General attributive. 1747 W. Douglass I. iv. 217 In the Colonies their Revenue-Acts are generally annual. 1816 W. Scott I. xi. 231 Revenue acts of parliament. 1902 July 36/1 Dr. Hollander..had carefully drawn up a revenue act providing for a fiscal system closely following American practice in taxation. 2008 (Nexis) 26 Jan. a8 The 11 people will face more than 50 charges under the federal Excise Act and the provincial Revenue Act for possessing illegal tobacco. 1787 tr. J.-A.-N. de Caritat v. 157 To the revenue-agents this expence is scarcely any thing, especially when we consider the immense profits they derive from these extensions of their power. 1864 XIII. 224 Revenue agents..[shall] aid in the prevention, detection, and punishment of frauds upon the internal revenue. 1943 24 Dec. 6/1 We would hate to be a revenue agent with that gal up in the cove. 1987 F. Flagg 18 His mother said that the Lord had told her that her husband was evil and devil-possessed, and she turned him in to the revenue agents. ?1755 J. Brett 12 Conolly..was restored to the Revenue-Board, and made Speaker of the Commons. 1847 W. M. Thackeray (1848) xxxviii. 350 As for Jos, who was by this time promoted to a seat at the Revenue Board at Calcutta, he was wild with rage. 1966 31 Mar. 18 The official DCVL slate includes..Robert Perry, Craig Air Force Base employee, for another spot on the revenue board. 2003 J. T. Walsh in M. Keen iii. 63 There have been moves toward the unification of customs and tax departments under a single revenue board. 1820 1 Dec. Discharge the Nation's ‘debt’, taxation free, and meet the enormous ‘revenue deficit’. 2002 20 Apr. 1474/2 Unfortunately the revenue deficit has been worsening. 1769 May 314 The propositions come from a quarter and from persons who have been in possession of the revenue department. 1857 18 May 2/6 One member of the House of Commons..proposes to transfer the licensing authority from the revenue department to the magistracy. 1964 S. Brittan iv. 101 The Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise (jointly known as ‘the Revenue Departments’). 2002 (Nexis) 17 Oct. e1 The revenue department said statewide property tax levy amounts have grown by 4.7 percent in 2002. 1727 S. Forster Introd. 1 Most of the Revenue-Laws are hard and difficult to be understood by the Generality of People. 1873 17 Apr. 2/1 The revenue law..provides for a tax of six mills. 1994 Sept. 108/1 The steps members should take to ensure that their clients meet the requirements of revenue law and practice in relation to disclosure of information in tax returns. 1744 R. North & M. North 184 My Lord Godolphin, as Head of the Treasury, sent for all the Revenue Men, and took their Answers. 1841 J. T. J. Hewlett II. 258 By giving information to the revenue-men. 1895 July 378/2 I'm always skeered o' the revenue men bein' about. 1995 B. Granger 71 Maybe he could get some revenue man to come down and put the fear on Jack Wade. 1691 W. King sig. a4v Exactions of the Revenue-Officers, great discouragement to Merchants and Traders. 1776 A. Smith II. v. ii. 522 The levying of this tax requires a multitude of revenue officers . View more context for this quotation 1885 W. D. Chester viii. 92 The interference..was..attended with some danger to the revenue officers. 1999 (Nexis) 19 Sept. 1 c He served with the U.S. Army during World War II and worked for 35 years as a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service. 1816 25 May The present duties cannot be collected without a new and most expensive system of revenue police. 1870 21 Dec. Occasionally the cutters render service in aiding vessels wrecked or in distress, but as a revenue police they are inadequate to their cost. 1998 G. May iii. vi. 101 People seeking to escape the American revenue police often slipped across the border to Ontario. 1649 No. 131. 1148 The House passed a Declaration that the order for stay of the Revenue Salleries doth not extend to the Judges of the Admiralty. 1774 E. Long iii. 44 The lieutenant-governor and president of the council are allowed, by the king's instruction, to take only one half of the revenue salary of 2500l. b. Designating a vessel used by customs authorities to patrol the coast and prevent smuggling. Cf. revenue cutter n. at Compounds 3. 1769 63/2 Inspector of the Revenue Boats. 1846 28 244 The revenue-boat from the guardacosta came on board before our sails were furled. 1904 Nov. 70/1 The Government had used her as an auxiliary to their revenue boats, in preventing smuggling from St. Pierre and Miquelon. 2007 L. Petersson 11/1 At one point in the mid-eighteenth century there were some twenty thousand professional smugglers at work but only a pitiful collection of thirty revenue boats. 1771 17 Aug. 607/1 A few Days since, Capt. Mortimore, of the Larn Revenue Cruizer, seized, off the Northern Coast, 12 Pipes and 15 Hogsheads of Brandy, [etc.]. 1830 F. Marryat I. xiii. 188 I trust she's a revenue cruiser. 1994 D. E. Jordan ii. iv. 106 The Westport Board of Guardians required..two revenue cruisers..to aid their rate collectors. 1784 F. Dobbs 19 All custom-houses and revenue vessels, and other buildings rendered useless, to be sold, and the money paid into the public treasury. 1814 W. Scott Diary 26 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart (1837) III. viii. 241 The people here were much irritated against the men of a revenue vessel. 1989 R. G. Bayly (BNC) 70 No one was really sorry to see her go as she was very expensive to maintain and had never been very effective as a revenue vessel. C2. Objective. a. 1763 Dec. 630/2 By the law, as it stands at present, an out pensioner must personally appear before the revenue collector to whom his bill is directed, in order to present his duplicate, and to be examined. 1849 E. C. Otté tr. A. von Humboldt II. 597 Persians were established at that period as revenue-collectors on the Indus. 1921 29 Dec. 553/2 A druggist in writing to his revenue collector for the regulations should also request information concerning registration. 2009 (Nexis) 12 July b5 You'll get an expensive parking ticket issued by one of the city's ever-present revenue collectors. 1885 W. D. Chester viii. 94 This..does not redound to the valour of the revenue defenders. 1889 14 Aug. 2/2 This will..cause the value of the southern lines, as revenue earners, to appear in a far better light. 1963 23 Mar. 11/1 Sport in general is a major revenue-earner. 2001 D. E. Ingram vi. 110 The largest set of programmes and the largest revenue earner that the Centre offers is the teaching of English as a Second Language. 1906 13 Jan. 43/2 Is it not equitable that profits or losses on Revenue Account should be distributed upon a revenue-sharing basis? 1971 10 July 43 Brock's dominant theme was much the same as what President Nixon would later call ‘revenue sharing’—that government had to be returned to local control by way of sending the taxpayers' money back to the states, counties, cities, and towns. 1991 M. Ridge & S. Smith (IFS Rep. Ser.) 14 No other major taxes are used, except in the form of revenue-sharing, where the local authority has no control over tax rates. b. 1860 J. A. Franklin Note appended to Accts. in 30 Apr. 4/5 The balance ‘in account’ of 300l. 17s. 2d. is the proportion of London establishment charges assessed to the revenue-earning sections of the railway. 1892 23 Mar. 2/3 The Treasury insists on regarding the Post Office as a revenue-earning institution. 1992 7 4/2 The copyright holders must be assured that the compilation of a language corpus is no threat whatsoever to the revenue-earning potential of the text. 1831 ii. 6 The severe pressure of..taxes upon the laborious, and great revenue-paying class of the people, has all but dissolved the bond of civic obedience to the constituted authorities. 1910 J. London 9 Aug. (1966) 317 The idea that a judge of rectitude should..try a case between a non-resident like me and a revenue-paying, vote-swinging tenant like Muldowney. 2003 A. E. Eckes & T. W. Zeiler iv. 100 Only 11000 revenue-paying passengers flew on eighty-three aircraft. 1842 27 Aug. Here almost every man has always..a surplus for occasional luxuries which do not enter into the aggregate of revenue-producing consumption. 1892 18 Apr. 3/4 The peasant..is simply regarded as a revenue-producing unit. 1990 R. Izhar ii. xix. 294 An item of expenditure is revenue-producing if by its spending the firm's future revenues are boosted. 1833 Oct. 443/2 How happy, prosperous, and revenue-yielding a people. 1898 E. Howard v. 53 A considerable outlay would be incurred in respect of markets, water supply, lighting, tramways, and other revenue-yielding undertakings. 1989 IX. 728/2 Feudalism based on government assignment of revenue-yielding property to prominent individuals. C3. society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > other types of accounts 1703 19 (heading) Revenue Accounts Taken by the Auditors of Imprest. 1869 21 392 Confusion between capital and revenue accounts..has led to the undue increase of capital. 1994 21 Feb. i. 1/2 The interest is creamed off to the revenue account, while the bonds, now devoid of interest, are sold for less than the original purchase. 1731 N. Tindal tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras XV. 427 The Speaker makes a Speech to the King, in presenting to him the Revenue-Bill. 1887 15 Aug. 2/1 The Revenue Bill which Mr. Goschen introduced..is an omnibus bill of four parts, dealing with Customs, Taxes, Stamps, Excise, and Miscellaneous, in twenty-six clauses. 1994 W. H. Stewart 55 This section follows the U.S. Constitution in requiring that revenue bills originate in the lower house, which was at the outset the only group of legislators directly elected by the voters of the state. society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond 1853 June 545 (table) Interest on revenue bonds. 1870 8 Feb. 3/6 The Comptroller is hereby authorized..to issue revenue bonds in the usual form for the moneys so borrowed. 1977 J. W. Snow in P. W. MacAvoy & J. W. Snow i. 36 Today, airports are generally financed through revenue bonds. 2005 K. F. Seidman xv. 342 A public parking garage may be financed by revenue bonds backed solely by the parking fees collected at the garage. 1776 L. H. O'Brien 31 The rest of the Work in searching for these Banks..may be accomplished at a very moderate Expence, either by one of the Revenue Cutters, or by a Vessel hired for that Purpose. 1801 Ld. Nelson in A. Duncan (1806) 195 The..revenue cutters kept under sail. 1900 4 Jan. 642/2 Frank H. Newcomb, commanding the revenue cutter, Hudson. 2000 M. Klein iv. xxviii. 406 As Harriman followed the crews upstream, a revenue cutter repeatedly hailed him to turn about. 1830 8 Dec. The revenue cutter service has been organized, and placed on a good footing. 1898 Aug. 359/1 In addition to their regular duties as officers of the revenue-cutter service, some are engaged as inspectors of districts in the life-saving service. 2007 (Nexis) 27 May 1 The Revenue Cutter Service launched the ship, then called the USS Miami, in February 1912. 1880 Mysore Settlement 558 Subsequent results have to be calculated from the annual revenue enhancements due to the introduction of new settlements. 1900 11 Aug. 5/2 I spare the reader an exhibit of the statistics of revenue enhancement, which he can find for himself in the reports of the settlement officers. 1968 4 Mar. ii. 4/2 New York fiscal experts reported that withholding has generated an on-going revenue enhancement of $50 million a year. 1982 25 Mar. ii. 1/5 The proposed merger will mean ‘significant operating cost reductions and revenue enhancements for both airlines’. 2007 (Nexis) 8 July He worked in corporate management of several major financial institutions with emphasis in balance sheet management, revenue enhancement and profit improvement. 1787 XIX. 331 He did not consider the accounts of two years revenue expenditure as a sufficient space of time for the Select Committee to make a fair estimation, whereby to ground a permanent plan. 1890 379 This deficit was due..to a decision to charge against revenue expenditure on a special defence works which had been treated in the estimates as a charge against borrowed money. 1997 L. Cairncross et al. i. i. 5 Despite central government controls, the revenue expenditure of local authorities has increased in real terms. 1963 16 Aug. 10/3 (heading) Revenue-neutral ‘reforms’. 1992 6 Sept. e1/2 The Clinton campaign contends its plans are revenue-neutral, financed by cuts and streamlining elsewhere. 2007 A. Giddens v. 103 The change-over to more green taxation..should be as far as possible revenue-neutral... Increases in environmental taxation should be accompanied by tax reductions elsewhere. 1797 D. Hume I. v. 244 It is not however to be imagined..that the offence of forging the revenue stamps is therefore entirely statutory. 1870 J. K. Medbery 52 The acknowledgements are covered with revenue stamps. 1997 J. Williams vii. 189/1 The revenue stamp shows that this cheque form was printed just two years after Goslings was absorbed by Barclays. 1929 5 412/2 The size of the revenue stream and the proportion obtainable for wages are different matters. 2003 S. Brooke iii. 24 If you looked at the business plans very often there were no obvious revenue streams. 1820 24 Apr. (1855) 1966 They enacted a treasury tariff, a revenue tariff, without the least regard to the situation of the country. 1887 19 Feb. 4/1 They are the identical arguments which the Courier-Journal has been pounding into the understanding of the people in its fight for a revenue tariff. 1991 (BNC) 8 Balfour called for..a reduction in unemployment benefit and the imposition of a revenue tariff on manufactured goods. 1769 38 If the tax be paid it then becomes a revenue tax, and no longer a prohibitory one. 1890 7 891/2 This admission is not conclusive in favor of the right of the city under the above provisions of its charter act to impose a revenue tax upon such markets or persons keeping them. 2007 (Nexis) 3 June 13 The NT Government slugged me $25,000 for stamp duty. This is just a revenue tax, nothing more. 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